Dear Ali: How Can We Make Real Butter More Spreadable?
February 20th, 2013 | Posted by in Dear Ali - (23 Comments)A very good friend of mine left a question on Facebook last week about butter and if there was some way to make it more spreadable. Dear Ali, I have started using “real” butter because someone has opened my eyes to the benefits of it. (and really, I didn’t need much pushing. Here, eat this …
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A Little Link Love: Productivity, A Healthier Gut and Kobe Bryant
January 31st, 2013 | Posted by in Morning Craziness - (1 Comments)I have a confession. The kitchen is not always clean before we go to bed at night. This has been especially true this week with a husband who was laid up with a man cold. I’m picking on him a little, but we really are a team when it comes to keeping this house clean. His …
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Can you eat just coleslaw for dinner? I can. You can too if you want, I won’t tell. Here’s how you do it. First, spend your afternoon at a child’s birthday party that you didn’t intend to stay at. When your sometimes-shy-sometimes-not 5 year old persuades/begs you to stay because today she’s feeling shy, you …
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So I hurt my wrist. I know. It’s always something, right? Left pointer finger. Left knee. Left wrist. What’s left? I’m not even sure how I did it. I think it’s keyboard/ergonomics related, so I’ve changed some things up on my desk, but the pain went from “niggly” to “bad” to “awful” in a matter …
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The Easiest Way to Teach Your Kid to Ride a Bike
September 12th, 2011 | Posted by in Parenting - (8 Comments)Last summer I wrote about Ava learning to ride a bike with the “balance bike” approach. I’m here now to sing the praises of this method once again. It’s worked just as well for Thing 2 – but this time two years sooner! The balance bike approach is exactly that; no training wheels. It’s about …
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A week or two ago, the PR folks at Newman’s Own Organic asked me if we’d be interested in trying out the newest additions to their Family Recipe Cookie line. And given I’m not the kind of girl who typically says “no” to cookies made with organic ingredients and real sugar instead of high fructose …
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Movin’ to the Country, Gonna Freeze Me A Lot of Peaches
August 20th, 2011 | Posted by in Healthy Habits - (3 Comments)We’ve gotten a slew of peaches from the CSA share in recent weeks – more peaches than we can eat. Or really, more peaches than I am currently in the mood to eat. Don’t get me wrong – summer peaches are fabulous. But frankly, I am peached out. I’ve thrown enough Peach Pits into our …
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It’s Saturday morning. It’s been a long week. Translation: I’m cleaning today. But first! I need to say good morning to my cup of coffee, my laptop, Barbie and a Fashion Fairy Tale Easy Reader, dress up shoes that should not be on the table in the first place, a broken slinky and a pink …
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Have you ever run your finger along the side of the near empty Sabra container and wondered: “how the heck do they make hummus so dang smooth?” Have you then stuck that hummus covered finger in your mouth and wondered: “how the heck do they make it so dang creamy?” Well wonder no more. I’ve …
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